Latest in Day: June 13, 2018 Highlight
Latest in Day: June 13, 2018
Saudi-led coalition launches ground assault to take Hudaydah from Houthis
ICRC raises concerns over situation in Hudaydah, calling for protecting civilians
Derna’s Al-Qaeda offshoot loses top Egyptian cadet
Abu Abdallah Al-Masry, strategist behind several attacks in Egypt, reportedly killed by Libyan forces early this week
39-year-old Egyptian appointed dean of Macromedia Media School in Germany
Mohammed El Sayed Badr, a 39-year-old Egyptian, was appointed as the dean of the Macromedia Media School in Munich, Germany after intense competition with 17 German professors. Both the German Embassy in Cairo and Egyptian Ministry of Manpower and Immigration, on Monday, congratulated Badr on his new position in different statements. Nabila Makram, minister of manpower …
Al-Sisi discusses updates of Syrian crisis with UN Syria envoy
De Mistura asserts importance of Egyptian role in Middle East
Former irrigation minister praises Sudan’s role, addresses several rumours about GERD
Ethiopia pledges not to fill dam before studies are complete, says Moghazy
Japanese companies to apply for GEM operations bid
Egypt already received about $400mn to $500mn from Japanese financial commitments to GEM: ambassador
FIFA signs Egyptian government as official sponsor of 2018 World Cup
Agreement aims to promote Egypt as global investment destination, attract more tourists
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Egypt spends EGP 332bn in annual subsidies to support citizens: Al-Sisi
The state budget includes, annually, about EGP 332bn in annual subsidies, said President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi during the Egyptian Family Iftar gathering on Tuesday evening. In his speech during the gathering, Al-Sisi discussed state efforts to support citizens to help them face challenges and difficulties, explaining that the support is the difference between the actual …
Managers of teams Participating in 2018 World Cup
Hints of Arab culture abound in Portugal’s Algarve
While most people associate Andalusia with Spain, an important stretch of what was once the northernmost part of the Arab World was also located in what is today’s Portugal. Though Arab rule extended even to the north of Portugal past Lisbon (Lisbun to the Arabs), the best remnants of Islamic civilisation in Spain can be seen …
Ramadan in the Comoros
The Comoros is a small African-Arab Islamic country consisting of a group of islands in the Strait of Mozambique in the Indian Ocean. The official languages of the Comoros are Comorian, French, and Arabic. Comorian (or Shikomoro) is a Bantu language closely related to Swahili. About 86% of the Comorian population is Muslim. The Arabs …
FIFA World Cup: Nike refuses to provide shoes to Iranian team
US raccoon scales Minnesota skyscaper, captivates nation
Nigerian refugees in Germany among top job finders
Lack of approval for NAT allocations negatively affects its ability to fulfil international contracts: ministry official
NAT requests allocations worth EGP 35bn, while allocations last year reached EGP 8.144bn, including new projects worth EGP 110m, independent projects worth EGP 8bn
Parliament plans to impose ad fees on Facebook, Google
Draft budget for next fiscal year approved with EGP 1.4tn total expenditure, EGP 989bn revenue, target deficit of 9.8%, growth rate of 5.8%
Parliament’s approval of additional allocations for this FY budget will not raise target deficit: planning and budget committee head
Increasing interest rates this FY raised debt interest dues by EGP 54bn
Moral courage: Former Germany star Gerald Asamoah calls on fans to stand up to racism
Censorship officials cave to pressure, lift ban on Khaled Youssef film
Filmmakers, intellectuals triumph against censorship, bureaucracy after pressure to remove ban of newly released film, Karma
Toyota invests record sum in ride-hailing firm Grab
Too much or not enough sleep badly affect health
Sleeping fewer than six, more than 10 hours per day associated with metabolic syndrome
HDB launches mobile service, prepares to launch internet banking by year-end
Launching service is important step in bank’s targeted development plan, to keep abreast of rapid technological development, says Sebaey
Fruit, vegetable prescriptions improve children’s ability to eat healthy: study
Results of study were presented at American Society for Nutrition’s annual meeting
Can plastic recycling solve the fast-fashion problem?
Bees can identify different flowers by scent patterns: study
These patterns include visual signals like lines pointing to flower’s centre, or colour differences
Which eurozone members face cold turkey if ECB ends stimulus?
Thai-Egyptian joint committee to be held in H2 2018
Egypt is Thailand’s main trading partner in North Africa, with annual trade of $1bn, says embassy official
OLX launches Buy Used Items campaign to cope with price hikes in Egypt
iPhone is most searched keyword, says OLX
Marseilia Group to invest EGP 20bn in five years
Company applies for 100 feddans in New Administrative Capital
Millensys launches unified e-health platform
Millensys launched its unified e-health platform at an event attended by a number of healthcare, technology, and other sectors’ officials, including Nagwa El Shennawy, head of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology’s central office of information; Mohamed Shedid, managing director of Eitesal; and Tamer Mohamed, general manager of the Chamber of Information Technology and …